Andrei KOROBEINIKOV – piano
Conductor Andris POGA
Programme:
Arturs MASKATS My River runs to thee
Alexander SCRIABIN Prometheus (The Poem of Fire)
Named after a verse by the American poet Emily Dickinson, Arturs Maskats’ score My river runs to thee was premiered in 2019 by the Boston Symphony Orchestra under maestro Andris Nelsons. According to the composer, the river symbolises life, freedom, and love, something given to man by a higher power to guide their life. Meanwhile, Scriabin dedicates his final years to grand musical ideas full of philosophical mysticism. Entrusted to the charismatic pianist Andrei Korobeinikov, the important piano part of the Prometheus poem presents a truly heroic image, which is juxtaposed with the infinity of the universe rendered by the orchestra.